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Tips
If you vehicle is left standing for a long pe-
riod of t ime, note the following:
- The proximity sensor sw itches off afte r a
few days to save energy. You then have
to pull once on the door hand le to unlock
the vehicle and a second time to open it.
- To prevent the battery from draining and
to retain the start ing ability of your vehi-
cle as long as poss ible, the energy man-
agement system gradually tuns off un-
necessary convenience functions You
may not be able to unlock your vehicle
using the convenience key.
- For Declaration of Compliance to United
States FCC and Industry Canada regula-
tions, see r:o page 2 71.
Unlocking / locking with the key
In the event that the power locking system
fails, the driver's door can locked and un-
locked using the door lock .
Fig. 21 Driver's door: door lock
• To un lock the driver's door, t urn the key to
the open position @ .
• To lock the driver's door, move the se lector
lever to the P position (automatic transmis-
sion) and turn the key once to the close posi-
t ion @ .
The settings in the MMI specify if the entire
vehicle or one of the doors is unlocked
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Op e nin g an d c l os in g
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Tips
Additional remote control key or conven-
ience key functions~ page 39, Conven-
ience opening/closing.
Central locking switch
Fig. 22 Driver's door: centra l locking switch
• To lock the vehicle, press the [§] button
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• To unlock the vehicle, press the
Im
button
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When locking the vehicle with the centra l
locking switch, the following applies:
- Opening the doo r and the luggage compart-
ment lid from t he outside is not possib le
(for security such as when stopped at a
light).
- The LE D in the central locking switch turns
on when all doors are closed and locked.
- You can open the doo rs individually from the
inside by pu lling the doo r handle.
- In the event of a crash with airbag deploy-
ment, the doo rs unlock automat ically to al-
low access to the vehicle.
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WARNING
- The power locking switch works with the
ignit ion off and a utomatica lly locks the
entire veh icle when the [§] button is
pressed.
- The central locking switch is inoperative
when the vehicle is locked from the out-
side.
- Locked doors make it more difficult for
emergency workers to get into the veh i-
cle, which puts lives at risk. Do not leave
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